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VTAPIT - Command line tool
Introduction
VTAPIT is a Command line tool that enables you to develop and manage VTAP Apps created from the App Creator (Platform > Apps). It has sub-commands similar to the GIT tool, which makes it easy to learn and get started.
Get Started
- Create a new application (testapp) on Vtiger CRM > Platform > App Creator(Apps)
- Download your OS compatible with executable - https://extend.vtiger.com/vtap/vtapit/dist
Sub-commands
| Clone | Makes a copy of the application created in the CRM to your local working directory. |
| Run | Enables runtime on the local working directory, which uses local files and CRM Apis for data. |
| Add | Lets you add newly created local files to the CRM app. |
| Push | Uploads all the local changes (add or modify functions) made to the files to the CRM app. |
| Pull | Downloads all the changes from the CRM app back to a local working directory. A conflict marker file is created if a file has changed in the CRM but not in the local directory. You need to use the diff tool to compare changes and then use the Resolve sub-command. |
| Resolve | Indicates conflict (diff) changes you have managed to review. |
| Publish | When all local changes are pushed - use this sub-command to make it available. |
Clone
This will copy the files of the custom app to your local system.
vtapit clone --crmapp=testapp --crmurl=https://your.odx.vtiger.crm --crmuser=[email protected] --crmpassword=******** local_dir/testapp
Run
This command will run the custom app on your local server. After running this command, you can access it http://localhost:8080/myapps/YOUR_APPNAME
cd local_dir/testapp
vtapit run --crmurl=https://your.odx.vtiger.crm --crmuser=[email protected] --crmpassword=********
Add
This command will add a new file to your application.
cd local_dir/testapp
vtapit add path_to_new_file
Push
This command will send the updated files and commit them to the app creator.
cd local_dir/testapp
vtapit push --crmurl=https://your.odx.vtiger.crm --crmuser=[email protected] --crmpassword=********
Pull
This command will pull the changes done on the app creator by other developers to your local copy.
cd local_dir/testapp
vtapit pull --crmurl=https://your.odx.vtiger.crm --crmuser=[email protected] --crmpassword=********
Resolve
In case of conflict resolution, this command will mark the file path to resolve so it can be published to the app creator.
cd local_dir/testapp
vtapit resolve path_to_file
Publish
Send the changed files to the app creator and publish them for the users to view the new changes to the app.
cd local_dir/testapp
vtapit publish --crmurl=https://your.odx.vtiger.crm --crmuser=[email protected] --crmpassword=********
Note: You can set up CRM environment variables to avoid repeating on the command line.
CRM_URL=https://crm.url.tld
CRM_PASSWORD=pass
CRM_APP=appname